This movie revolved around the murder of Lana Clarkson. Clarkson appeared in Scarface (1983) with Al Pacino, who played Phil Spector in this movie.
All the songs in the film's soundtrack were written and/or produced by Phil Spector.
Dame Helen Mirren replaced Bette Midler. Midler was forced to bow out of the project after suffering a herniated disc.
The sunglasses worn by Clara Mamet are the same ones worn by her mother, Rebecca Pidgeon, in Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner (1997).
Al Pacino and Jeffrey Tambor previously acted together in And Justice for All (1979), which was also about the American legal system, in which they both played attorneys.